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MAKING THE CONNECTIONS
You can listen to your CD player by
connecting earphones, headphones, or
amplified speakers to the player’s
PHONES jack, or by connecting a home
audio or autosound system to the CD
player’s
LINE OUT jack.
Notes:
• If the jacks on your equipment do
not match the plugs on the supplied
Y-cable, check with your local
RadioShack store for the proper
cable adapter.
• If you use amplified speakers, con-
nect them to the PHONES jack, not
LINE OUT. Otherwise, FM radio
reception might be weak or noisy.

CONNECTING

EARPHONES OR

HEADPHONES

For private listening, you can plug a pair
of stereo earphones or headphones
(not supplied) with a 1/8-inch (3.5-mm)
plug into the PHONES jack on the CD
player.

Listening Safely

To protect your hearing, follow these
guidelines when you use earphones or
headphones.
• Set the volume to the lowest setting
before you begin listening. After you
begin listening, adjust the volume to
a comfortable level.
• Do not listen at extremely high vol-
ume levels. Extended high-volume
listening can lead to permanent
hearing loss.
• Once you set the volume, do not
increase it. Over time, your ears
adapt to the volume level, so a vol-
ume level that does not cause dis-
comfort might still damage your
hearing.

Traffic Safety

Do not wear earphones or headphones
while operating a motor vehicle or riding
a bicycle. This can create a traffic haz-
ard and could be illegal in some areas.
Even though some earphones and
headphones let you hear some outside
sounds when listening at normal volume
levels, they still can present a traffic
hazard.
PHONES
LINE OUT
VOL
PHONES
LINE OUT
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